BMA medical book of the year
Travel Medicine, 4th Edition
Authors: Jay S Keystone, Phyllis E Kozarsky, Bradley A Connor, Hans D Nothdurft, Marc Mendelson, and Karin Leder.
Summary
Travel Medicine, 4th Edition, includes not only tourism and business travellers, but also incorporates volunteerism, medical care, migration, ecotourism, and more. Find out more about the book.
Published by Elsevier, December 2018
ISBN: 9780323546966
...It should have a place on the reference shelves of travel health advisers and institutions where travel medicine and global health are taught or practised.
Dr Michael Townend, Reviewer
Special category winners
The BMA Student Textbook Award - Macleod's Clinical Examination, 14th edition
Authors: Alastair Innes, Anna Dover, and Karen Fairhurst.
This book’s content is to assist clinicians develop the consultation skills which they will require to employ to elicit a clear patient history, and the practical skills they will need to use to detect clinical signs of disease.
Published by Elsevier Ltd, June 2018
ISBN: 9780702069932
BMA Young Authors Prize - Medicine in a Minute
Authors: Amar Vaswani and Hwan Juet Khaw
The book covers the fundamentals of clinical medicine at the undergraduate level. It is written and laid out in a style that enables students to study and understand the material in a time-efficient manner. It comprises twelve chapters, each one covering one of the major fields of undergraduate medicine.
Published by Scion Publishing Ltd, October 2018
ISBN: 9781907904981
BMA President's Award (chosen by Professor Raanan Gillon) - Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children: From disagreement to dissensus
Authors: Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu
This book critically examines the ethical questions at the heart of disputes about medical treatment for children. They use the case of Charlie Gard, which reached global attention in 2017, as a springboard to a wider discussion about the rights of parents, the harms of treatment, and the vital issue of limited resources.
Published by Elsevier Ltd, September 2018
ISBN: 9780702077814
BMA Council Chair's Choice (chosen by Dr Chaand Nagpaul) - Cancer Prevention and Screening
Authors: Rosalind A Eeles, Christine D Berg, and Jeffrey S Tobias
This book includes thorough but not overwhelming background information on epidemiology, cancer prevention, and cancer screening, for quick reference.
Published by Wiley, October 2018
ISBN: 9781118990872
BMA Reviewer of the Year
Dr Helen Dormand - consultant cardiologist with subspecialty interest in imaging, NHS Borders and Lothian
Find out more about Dr Helen Dormand.
All category winners
First prize
Quick Draw Anatomy for Anaesthetists
Joanna Oram Fox
Scion Publishing Ltd, January 2018
ISBN: 9781911510147
First prize
Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems
Tony J Prescott, Nathan F Lepora and Paul FMJ Verschure. Oxford University Press, April 2018
ISBN: 9780199674923
First prize
Medical Law and Ethics 7th edition
By Jonathan Herring
Oxford University Press, March 2018
ISBN: 9780198810605
First prize
The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd edition
By A John Camm, Thomas F Luscher, Gerald Maurer, and Patrick Serruys
Oxford University Press, December 2018
ISBN: 9780198784906
First prize
The MeeTwo Teenage Mental Help Handbook
By Suzi Godson
MeeTwo Education, October 2018
ISBN: 9781916495999
First prize
Practical Diabetes Care 4th edition
By David Levy
Wiley-Blackwell, January 2018
ISBN: 9781119052241
First prize
Travel Medicine, 4th edition
Jay S Keystone, Phyllis E Kozarsky, Bradley A Connor, Hans D Nothdurft, Marc Mendelson, and Karin Leder
Elsevier, December 2018
ISBN: 9780323546966
First prize
Case Studies in Neuropalliative Care
Edited by Maisha T Robinson
Cambridge University Press, June 2018
ISBN: 9781108404914
First prize
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: A Problem-Based Approach
Edited by Sarah M Creighton, Adam Balen, Lesley Breech, and Lih-Mei Liao
Cambridge University Press, February 2018
ISBN: 9781107165137
First prize
DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 11th edition
Vincent T DeVita, Steven A Rosenberg, and Theodore S Lawrence
Lippincott, November 2018
ISBN: 9781496394637
First prize
Nelson Pediatrics Board Review
By Terry Dean, Jr. and Louis M Bell
Elsevier, December 2018
ISBN: 9780323530514
First prize
Underwood's Pathology: A Clinical Approach, 7th edition
By Simon S Cross
Elsevier Ltd, May 2018
ISBN: 9780702072123
First prize
The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh and Dr Liz O'Riordan. Vermilion, September 2018
ISBN: 9781785041877
First prize
Primary Care Mental Health, 2nd edition
Edited by Linda Gask, Tony Kendrick, Robert Peveler, and Carolyn A Chew-Graham
Cambridge University Press, September 2018
ISBN: 9781911623021
First prize
Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health
Dinesh Bhugra, Kamaldeep Bhui, Samuel YS Wong, and Stephen E Gilman
Oxford University Press, September 2018
ISBN: 9780198792994
First prize
Essentials of Global Health
By Babulal Sethia and Parveen Kumar
Elsevier, April 2018
ISBN: 9780702066078
First prize
Caffey's Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging, 13th edition
By Brian D Coley
Elsevier, May 2018
ISBN: 9780323497480
First prize
Kirk's Basic Surgical Techniques, 7th edition
By Fiona Myint
Elsevier Ltd, May 2018
ISBN: 9780702073229
First prize
Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2 Volume Set, 8th edition
By Charles J Yeo
Elsevier, March 2018
ISBN: 9780323402323